Kevin Lamarque/ReutersPresident Donald Trump said the country would not survive long unless a wall is built on the border with Mexico during a Tuesday visit to California to look at prototypes of the wall. “For the people who say no wall, if you didn’t have walls over here, you wouldn’t even have a country,” Trump said. The president also said he wants the wall to have “see-through capability.” “The state of California is begging us to build walls in certain areas,” added Trump. Read more at The Daily Beast....

Senate confirms Trump's border chiefTheHill (Today) - The Senate on Monday easily confirmed President Trump's pick to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).Senators voted 77-19 to confirm Kevin McAleenan to be commissioner of the agency, with most Democrats jo......